Alabama professor receives SEC Faculty Achievement Award

Wednesday

Apr 9, 2014 at 12:00 PMApr 9, 2014 at 12:50 PM

A University of Alabama professor is among the recipients of the 2014 SEC Faculty Achievement Awards named Wednesday.

Staff report

A University of Alabama professor is among the recipients of the 2014 SEC Faculty Achievement Awards named Wednesday.The annual awards honor a faculty member from each school in the Southeastern Conference. A news release states that each recipient demonstrates an outstanding record of teaching, research and scholarship.George Rable, the Charles Summersell Chair of Southern History, is UA's recipient.SEC Faculty Achievement Award winners receive a $5,000 honorarium from the Southeastern Conference and become his or her university's nominee for the SEC Professor of the Year Award.The SEC Professor of the Year, to be named later this month, receives an additional $15,000 honorarium and will be recognized at the SEC Spring Meetings in May and the SEC Symposium in September.